Braniff International Airline advertised their comfortable aeroplane seats with the slogan "Fly into Leather" -unfortunately, in Spanish this translated as.....
Fly Ugly
Fly Naked
Fly Dirty
Fly Smelly
______ 's brand name, when first marketed in China, was sometimes translated as "Bite The Wax Tadpole."
Subway
Ferrari
Apple
Coca Cola
Mercedes-Benz entered the Chinese market under the brand name "Bensi," which means "______."
waste of money
cheap and slow
pig machine
rush to die
KFC made Chinese consumers a bit worried when "finger licking good" was translated as "______."
eat your fingers off
bite your fingernails
your fingers smell delicious
kiss your tasty fingers
Parker Pen, when expanding into Mexico, mistranslated "It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you" into "It won't leak in your pocket and _________"
spit on you
sneeze on you
make you pregnant
wet your pants
Electrolux at one time marketed its vacuum cleaners in the U.S. with the tag line: Nothing ____ likes an Electrolux.
sucks
cleans
works
blows
"Pepsi brings you back to life", but not in China! The slogan translates into Chinese as .....
Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave
Pepsi will scare you to death
Pepsi will kill you
Pepsi will destroy your family
In the 1970’s, American Motors released their new car, the Matador, in Puerto Rico. Unfortunately, Matador translates to “_____” in Spanish.
idiot
robber
drug dealer
killer
For some reason, this Polish chocolate bar just wasn't popular in other countries. What was its name?
Hell
Fart
Poop
Yuck
Hmm, suddenly I'm not hungry any more! These Chinese potato chips are called....
Only Puke
Only Skin
Only Pee
Only Burp
Which social media app was originally known as Burbn?
Facebook
Twitter
TikTok
Instagram
Google was originally known as _____rub.
Nose
Head
Foot
Back
Mmm, delicious! Who could resist a jam that "Tastes like ......."?`
Grandma
Sweat
Dirty
Feet
You're in Ghana and feeling thirsty-how about a refreshing bottle of _____ Cola?
Boy
Bad
Poo
Pee
When Ford launched their new car campaign in Belgium, they mistakenly used the slogan "Every car has a high-quality ______"
armpit
crash
corpse
stink
The American baby food company Gerber had trouble advertising in France when they discovered that "gerber" means "______" in French.
to torture
to poison
to pick your nose
to vomit
